George Bruce was a pioneer in flying and his stories are reflections of his own crowded life and of the lives of other American War pilots. They were published exclusively in Aces magazine, which had the largest newsstand sale of any magazine, devoted to flying stories.

It is a late summer morning of the year 1917 in the mid western town of Empire in the austere pulpit of the First Disciple church the reverend Doctor Hall is concluding the morning service…